2022 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 49. Notaries Public
§49-207. Use of electronic signature and seal.
USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND SEAL. A. In performing a remote online notarial act, a notary public shall attach or logically associate the notary public's electronic signature and electronic seal to the certificate of notarial act in a tamper-evident format. The electronic seal shall be capable of being copied together with the electronic record to which it is attached or with which it is logically associated. The certificate shall be attached to or logically associated with the electronic record that is the subject of the remote online notarial act. If the Secretary of State has approved standards under Section 4 of this act for attaching or logically associating the electronic signature, electronic seal or certificate, the process shall conform to the standards.
B. A notary public's use of an electronic signature and electronic seal under this section satisfies the requirement of Section 5 of Title 49 of the Oklahoma Statutes that a notary public authenticate an official act with an official signature and seal of office.
C. A notary public shall take reasonable steps to protect the notary public's electronic seal from unauthorized use. A notary public may not allow another person to use the notary public's electronic seal.
D. A notary public shall immediately notify an appropriate law enforcement agency and the Secretary of State upon actual knowledge of the theft or vandalism of the notary public's journal or electronic seal. A notary public shall immediately notify the Secretary of State upon actual knowledge of the loss or use by another person of the notary public's journal or electronic seal.
E. Unless required as part of the application under subsection C of Section 5 of this act, a notary public is not required to submit an image of the notary public's electronic seal to the Secretary of State. A notary public's electronic seal is not subject to the requirement that an impression be filed with and approved by the Secretary of State under Section 2 of Title 49 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 338, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.
